US1759751A - Match box - Google Patents

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y 1930- I B. KOVACS Y 1,759,751

MATCH BOX Filed Aug. 16, 1923 INVENT R. 02 05 at:

J .BaZirzZ ing surface Patented May 26, 1930 gsavszi UNITED; PATENT OFFICE} BALINT KovAcs, or CASTALIA, onr assrenon or onnrnrnzo 'ro cnannns K. SABQ,

or GASTALIA,

onro, AND ONE-THIRD To Arinxi ziar, or BAYBRIDGE, 0310 I MATCH BOX Application filed August 16 to provide a match box with a delivery open-,

ing therein for a single match and further having a striking or scratching surface in the path of travel of the match'head to effectignition of thematch during its withdrawal from the box. f

A further object of theinvention is to provide a match box of the above type in which the initial delivery of the match therefrom is first fully displaced from the container or box with side tapering walls at the delivery end of the box engaging the sides of the match head to prevent complete discharge and to cause said match to be withdrawn laterally with the head thereof contacting a scratching surface to ignite the same at the end of its travel from the box. 7 P

7 With the above and other objects in view that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing 7 and claimed.

In the drawing I V b Figure 1 1s a perspectiveview of a match box constructed in accordance with the present invention, the same being-illustrated as 'ovaliin cross-section;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the match box showing a match partially with drawn through the match delivery opening- I v 1 I of the match, the head tner'eor 1SVll1OV6Cl" over the scratching surface 10 for igniting the 7 same as 'lndrcatedrby dotted lines in Figure and illustrating by dotted'lines, the scratchand' an ignited match at the point of complete removal from thebox; v

(Figure 3 is an edge elevational view showing the lower edge opening slot with the .in-

clined walls'to prevent endwiseremoval of I the match and to necessitate lateral removal thereof; I

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the box, showing the false bottom with the discharge opening and the scratching face on-the'lower side of the false bottom; y b

Figure; 5 is a vertical crossssectional View Y taken on line 5+5 of. Fig re 15 and 7 the ma 1 through the is never h less to Serial No. 300,628.

Figure 6 isa verticalcross-sectional view taken on line V6'6 of Figure 2.

The match box being preferably constructed of relatively thin sheet metal, comprises a body portion 1 oval in cross-section as shown in Figure 1 with the upper end thereof ex ternally reduced in thickness to providea seating shoulder for the removable slip cover 2-, the lower end of the body portionl being provided with a false bottom 3 set upwardly fromthe extreme lower end 4. I

A pairfof upwardly diverging walls 5 ex: tend between the bottom wall l of the body portion and the false bottom 3 parallel with 'or horizontal axis of the body portion defining a restricted slotted opening 6 at the extreme lower'end of the box body that is The matches M are placed in the box upon bottom 3 removing the cover 2 and a single match is" deliverable from the box through the opening 9. :The head H of the match is of a diameter greater than the diameter of the slot 6 to pre vent complete escape of the match when de-' liv-ered through the opening 9 and necessitating complete removal thereof through the box by moving the match laterally bet-ween the inclined walls 5 and through the slot 6 at the open end 7 thereof. During lateralmovement ment thereof over the scratching surface for i the purpose of igniting the same is illustrated f by dotted lines in Figure 2, As stated,lit is necessary to withdraw the match laterally slot 6' to efiect complete with-- drawal thereof from the box and'during such 'movement, the same is ignited.

While there is'herein shown and describedthe preferredembodiment of the invention, it e und stood that miner 7 I 1 changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scopeof the-inVenti on asclaimed. V 5 7' '7 'What Ic1aimas-newis:- 11, g In a match boX- of the character deg, V scribed, a box'bodyand removable 'coxfer, a false bottolnfor the body set upwardly 'from v the lower end and havingan'openin'g; at one i end thejreof for the single delivery of a match,

f 1 a pairlof" downwardly converging side} walls r at opposite sides of the delivery opening and,

extending between. the false bottom and lower: 7 end of the box body, and a scratching sur-V V e face on the bottomface of the false bottom; 2. Ina match boxof the character described; a box body and re'movabler'cover, a fals'e bottom forthe body'set upwardly from 7' V the lOWGIBIlCl and having an opening at one g end thereof for the single delivery of a match, '0 impair of downwardly converging sidewalls f V at opposite sides of the del'ivery opening and v V 'extendingbetween the false bottom and 10w 7 'er end of-theboxbody, and a scratching sur- 7 face onthe bottomfac'e of'thefalsebottom';

'2}; the lower edges of the side walls and box bottom defining a bottomandan endopening' slot with: the bottom slot of a diameter less e than the diameter-of the match head to J necessitate withdraWal of the match through} '1 i g e'theslot end. j Y f In'testimony whereof IfafiiX my's'ignature. g

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